English Dictionary

-ish

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪʃ/

接尾辞

形態素 普通名詞由来形容詞 形容詞由来の形容詞 指小形 特に 数詞派生形容詞 時・年齢 地名形容詞

(of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like. / (of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.

日本語の意味

〜のような、似た様子を示す / やや、いくぶんを表す（形容詞に用いると、ややその性質があることを意味する）

When describing colors, adding -ish to a word makes it mean 'kind of' that color.

色を説明するとき、語に「〜っぽい」という意味の接尾辞を付けると、その色が『ちょっと〜のような』という意味になります。

意味（1）

(of adjectives from common nouns) Typical of, similar to, being like.

Her face had a girlish charm.

意味（2）

(of adjectives from adjectives, with a diminutive force) Somewhat, rather.

Her face had a bluish tinge.

意味（3）

(of adjectives from numbers, especially of times and ages) About, approximately.

We arrived at tennish; We arrived tennish. (Sometime around ten.)

意味（4）

(of adjectives from roots of proper nouns denoting names of nations or regions) Of, belonging, or relating to (a nationality, place, language or similar association with something).

British, Cornish, Danish, English, Finnish, Irish, Jewish, Kentish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish etc.